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Success Stories
WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER GRANT PROGRAM
City of Nenana, Alaska
 The City of Nenana, Alaska USDA Weather Radio Transmitter Grant award marks the 1,000th weather transmitter installed in the NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards network.
On December 5, 2008, USDA Rural Development Acting Alaska Director Chad Padgett, presented a Weather Radio Transmitter Grant award check to Nenana Mayor Jason Mayrand for the 300 watt dual weather radio transmitter and antenna located at Nenana Hill, Yukon/Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. The presentation took place at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Nenana is an Athabascan Native village about 55 miles southwest of Fairbanks and 75 miles north of Denali National Park, at the confluence of the Nenana and Tanana Rivers. Nenana has a population of about 460, with an additional 600 residents in the nearby area. The NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, known as “The Voice of the National Weather Service,” is a continuous 24-hour source of the latest weather forecasts and warnings. The Nenana All Hazards broadcast will reach more than 6,000 people in Central Alaska.
In the picture from left: Nenana Mayor Jason Mayrand accepts the grant check to fund the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter from USDA Rural Development Acting Alaska Director Chad Padgett. Looking on is National Weather Service Alaska Region Director Dr. Frank Kelley, and State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Deputy Director Mike O'Hare.
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